Friday, April 3, 2015

Greene Earth, a work in progress...

Hello lovelies,

Thank you for checking back! I’m in my new home on the web, Greene Earth... but the website is not quite finished, so I decided to post here as well until things are completely applied.

I have so
many interests, and how do you weave them all together?? Instead of
having several websites, I decided to have ONE and post about my two big
passions, art and writing. To juggle everything is a journey for sure
(sometimes a crazy one.)

Mixed media art, JOURNEY "12×12.”

Sometimes I get stressed out about where to put my focus.
One day I’m inspired to paint, the next to write. I try to follow my
muse, but she is pretty fickle at times, lol. I’m not super woman, and I
suspect I will have to make a choice into which area to put my full
effort. To truly succeed in fulfilling my highest potential in any
area, I have to be 100% present to the challenge. To grow, it takes all
the attention and effort. When I started out as a writer, I had an
enormous passion and drive to succeed, and I did! It took several years
to get published, but I stuck with it. Sometimes we have to stick with
something even if there are no signs that success is on the horizon.

The whole idea of success is the journey itself, something I’ve learned
as I’ve moved forward with my art. It has been a more tentative affair,
trying a style here, and then another. I think I’ve gone through at
least ten styles as an artist, but in the exploration, my true voice has
slowly emerged. I don’t think I’ll ever be done exploring the magic of
art, but a surer approach evolves. I’m no longer afraid to explore
whatever crazy idea comes into my mind. If I don’t like it, I can
always paint over it.

Speaking of paint, I recently took Flora Bowley’s online course
Bloom True. It involves intuitive painting, which is an expression that
fascinates me. It takes immense trust to “go with the flow” and just
paint in the moment to see what comes up. We worked on three canvases
at once and looked for elements that stood out in the chaos of the
paint, and then enhanced the forms. I’m not quite done with mine, but
here are the works in progress:

Here you can see the chaos of paint. This has since turned into this:

It’s not anywhere near completed in this picture, but it has a good feeling
to it. The head is way too small, but I love her expression. And the
sun in the belly! That is the creative fire.

And finished!

I have worked on a third
canvas that started out with the most lovely colors, and ended up kind
of blah, so far. I don’t know where it’s going. It has the shape of
two heads, but one of the things we learned in the course is to keep
turning the canvases around and painting whatever we see as we go
along. It’s a very freeing method, and it takes away all attachment to
the outcome.

Sometimes it takes a while before a picture reveals
itself, and sometimes, it ends up being a collage of colors. There are
no rules, no right or wrong. I truly enjoy the journey! Maybe I should
go paint something now…
I would love to hear what you’re working on, and if you want a free mixed media tutorial PDF, sign up for my art newsletter HERE. Thank you for visiting! xo

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Hello and welcome to my blog Greene Earth Originals where creativity is alive and inspiration flows. Visual arts of all kinds are my passion, but I have too many interests to count! I spent twenty years as a fiction writer, and I love making polymer clay mosaic art and various crafty things. I've also been a clairvoyant / medium for twenty years. Gardening is also a passion, which might sometimes show up in my art. I love painting and mixed media the most--an endless exploration.